Published on French Morning News : Harlem in Montmartre on Channel 13

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Harlem in Montmartre

12 août 2009
Auteur(e) :
Morgane Guirriec
Diffusé sur la chaîne Thirteen le 26 août prochain, le documentaire « Harlem in Montmartre » raconte comment le Jazz s’est emparé de la capitale française.
James Reese Europe, Josephine Baker, Sidney Bechet, Bricktop, Eugene Bullard, Django Reinhardt… tous ces grands noms du Jazz se retrouvés dans le Paris de l’entre deux guerres.

Tout a commencé avec l’arrivée de soldats noirs américains en France. Venus soutenir leurs alliés européens dans l’effort de guerre, nombreux sont ceux qui décident de rester en France. En proie à l’injustice de la ségrégation dans pays leur d’origine, ils échappent ainsi à la brutalité des lois racistes américaines. Ils s’installent à Montmartre.

« Les Français ont été les premiers à respecter le jazz », explique Charles Hobson, producteur de Vanguard Documentaries. En effet, le charme opère dès que les premières notes de Jazz se font entendre dans le quartier …Cette nouvelle musique envoûte peu à peu les habitants de la Butte.

Harlem in Montmartre : a Paris Jazz Story diffusé le 26 août à 8:00pm sur Thirteen dans la série Great Performances

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